Campaign splits Jacksons - Jacqueline Jackson endorses Hillary

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Campaign splits Jacksons
LYNN SWEET
" 'Hillary is ready to lead,' says Jacqueline, whose activist husband, congressman son favor Obama"

November 30, 2007
BY LYNN SWEET Sun-Times Columnist

NEW YORK -- As Barack Obama stumped in Harlem on Thursday, Jacqueline Jackson endorsed Hillary Clinton, with the family of the Rev. Jesse Jackson divided over the two Democratic front-runners.

"Hillary is ready to lead on her first day in the White House and immediately begin delivering the change this country needs," Jacqueline Jackson told the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Jackson Sr. wrote in his latest column he was disappointed in all the Democratic candidates -- except John Edwards -- for ignoring "the plight of African Americans in this country." One of his sons, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.( D-Ill.), is on the Obama campaign leadership team.

Another son who lives in Chicago, Yusef, is a major Clinton fund-raiser who has bundled together at least $100,000 in contributions.


Now his mother is also siding with Clinton and may go on the road to stump for her. If she goes to South Carolina -- where Jackson Sr. was born and where he won the 1988 presidential primary -- she will find herself having to dilute the impact of radio ads her son Jesse Jr. has made for Obama.

Jacqueline Jackson is an activist in her own right...